Cataract surgery waiting time at Northam Hospital
Half of patients at Northam Hospital waited 27 days or less for cataract surgery in 2024–25 (AIHW MyHospitals, released 28 May 2026). The source publishes this surgery as "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)". This public hospital is in the Northam area of Western Australia.
Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026.
These figures describe surgery that already happened, not your own wait.
- Median wait
- 27 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Surgeries completed
- 179 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
- Waited more than 365 days
- 0.0%2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 132 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 11 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.
The median wait here has risen from 16 days in 2011–12 to 27 days in 2024–25 — up 69% — while the national median rose from 89 days to 106 days. The nearest public hospital with a shorter published wait is St John of God Midland Public Hospital, about 67 km away, at 23 days. Here, 0.0% of people waited more than 365 days for this surgery; nationally it was 11.5%.
Compare this near you → On the compare page, pick "Cataract extraction (with or without intra-ocular lens insertion)" and type your suburb to see the public hospitals within reach, ordered by their published wait. Nothing you type there is kept.
How this compares
| Where | Median wait | Waited more than 365 days | Surgeries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northam Hospital | 27 days | 0.0% | 179 surgeries |
| Western Australia (all public hospitals) | 82 days | 5.1% | 12672 surgeries |
| Australia (all public hospitals) | 106 days | 11.5% | 87841 surgeries |
Where the wait is shorter nearby
Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 106 days marks the national median.
St John of God Midland Public Hospital, WA · about 67 km away: 23 days
Bentley Health Service, WA · about 79 km away: 71 days
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus, WA · about 82 km away: 93 days
Joondalup Health Campus (Public), WA · about 84 km away: 89 days
Perth Children's Hospital, WA · about 87 km away: 35 days
Fremantle Hospital and Health Service, WA · about 97 km away: 181 days
Peel Health Campus, WA · about 129 km away: 48 days
Narrogin Hospital, WA · about 151 km away: 105 days
Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.
How the wait has changed
- Northam Hospital
- WA
- Australia
View these numbers as a table
| Reference period | Northam Hospital (days) | WA (days) | Australia (days) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 16 | 38 | 89 |
| 2012–13 | 22 | 45 | 89 |
| 2013–14 | 22 | 43 | 79 |
| 2014–15 | 19 | 41 | 83 |
| 2015–16 | 15 | 37 | 93 |
| 2016–17 | 22 | 51 | 85 |
| 2017–18 | 20 | 63 | 87 |
| 2018–19 | 23 | 61 | 84 |
| 2019–20 | 18 | 59 | 98 |
| 2020–21 | 14 | 77 | 172 |
| 2021–22 | 12 | 108 | 158 |
| 2022–23 | 13 | 117 | 133 |
| 2023–24 | 20 | 98 | 119 |
| 2024–25 | 27 | 82 | 106 |
Public hospitals only — what these figures include and leave out.
All surgery at Northam Hospital · Cataract surgery across Australia · Cataract surgery in Western Australia · All surgery waits in Western Australia